Thanks guys, it's all about the right time @ the right place. This was our second caracal sighting of the holiday, as we had seen one earlier close to Mopanie. I was over the moon then, untill we came across this one... Amazingly enough, initially we found him in the morning, and just before we headed to camp that afternoon we found him again at the exact same spot. And that with 2 other cars around.

Only afterwards when I looked at the 40 pics taken of this special cat, did I see he gave us 'the yawn'. So privileged to have experienced it. According to the new Kruger map by Andi and Lorainne Tinker, Caracal are frequently seen near Orpen.

I participate because I care - CUSTOS NATURAENo to Hotels in and commercialization of our National Parks.No to Legalized Rhino and Lion trade.Done 159 visits to National Parks.What a wonderful privilege.

On the way back from Postberg 2 weeks back, saw this guy during the late afternoon...no great pic but he was 1 of 2 on my way out. Saw another last weekend. My total Caracal sightings for West Coast National Park this year comes to 9 in sightings.All in WCNP:

total for 2010: 15 caracals in 14 sightingstotal for 2009: 19 caracals in 15 sighting

Some are same animals I am sure but many have been big distances apart and a couple of sightings have been females with babies and one or two sightings of just babies left temporarily unattended.

If you want to see Caracals go to WCNP....theyre all over the place, you just got to spot them!! It becomes easy when you know what you are looking for.

@ Malalea Caracals may have nocturnal habits in some areas but dont quote what a book says as in the same way you find leopards during all hours of the day, so will you find caracals. They show preference to being active from 2 hours before sunset from my observations and even in KNP seen during daylight hours. Seen them active in the middle of the day near Windhoek too.

Augrabies Falls campsite had 2 that used to be mostly nocturnal and I remember they came right up to one.